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From: tim@timstn.UUCP (Tim Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: WD1007WAH/AMI BIOS/HK 386 clone
Message-ID: <128@timstn.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jun 90 00:26:21 GMT
References: <1990May30.183513.28619@eci386.uucp>
Organization: KORT Software Systems, Seymour, TN
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clewis@eci386.uucp (Chris Lewis) writes:

[stuff deleted]

>ROM low-level formatter seemed to format the drive perfectly.
>Light flicker on drive and all.  But attempting to use FDISK returns
>"seek error - can't access C: drive" or hangs the system.
[stuff deleted]

I've found that you have to set the bios for drive type 1, or pick the
built in drive type that matched exactly the heads, and the closest
on the cylinders, ignoring the sector setting. Then low-level and fdisk.